Post for rural type mail boxes

ABSTRACT

A horizontal plate is provided with downwardly extending legs having pointed lower ends. Another parallel plate is vertically spaced above and horizontally offset from the first plate. A mail box can be secured to the second plate. A hollow frame including lattices is disposed between the two plates and is secured thereto to form an integral structure.

1 Oct. 2, 1973 United States Patent 1 1 Tabbert POST FOR RURAL TYPE MAIL BOXES 2,050,573 8/1936 Kammerich.............. 2,200,690 5/1940 2,898,066 8/1959 3,229,940 1/1966 Elliott Inventor: George F. Tabbert, Cassopolis,

Mich.

Ovcllette..... 248/145 Primary Examiner-Marion Parsons, Jr. Attorney-Richard S. Shreve, .lr.

; a part interest [22] Filed:

[57] ABSTRACT A horizontal plate is provided with downwardly extending legs having pointed lower ends. Another parallel plate is vertically spaced above and horizontally offset from the first plate. A mail box can be secured to the 1005 504 1 W 1 6 4 ns fi WM 6 E6 M .4 .1 M W 2 4 2 Field of Search.....................

h l C L n I ll] 2 8 555 [56] References Cited second plate. A hollow frame including lattices is dis- UNITED STATES PATENTS posed between the two plates and is secured thereto to form an integral structure.

248/146 248/146 1 Claim, 4 Drawing Figures 1602,290 Taylor 1,848,387 3/1932 Shultz...............

POST FOR RURAL TYPE MAIL BOXES FIELD OF THE INVENTION My invention is directed toward a post for detachably supporting a rural type mail box above ground level which is decorative, easily installed and removed and does not need to be set into a suitable bore or opening in the ground.

SUMMARY To this end, I provide a pair of horizontal plates, the second plate being vertically disposed above and horizontally spaced from the first plate. A hollow frame including lattices is disposed between and interconnects the two plates.

The mail box can be detachably secured to the second plate. A plurality of spaced vertical legs are secured to the first plate and extend downward therefrom. These legs have lower sharpened ends whereby the first plate can be easily and quickly secured to the ground by the legs without the use of post diggers or the like.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective of my invention;

FIG. 2 is a side elevation thereof;

FIG. 3 is an end elevation thereof; and

FIG. 4 is a detail of a portion of the structure shown in FIGS. 1-3.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring now to FIGS. 1-4, a first horizontal rectangular plate has four vertical legs 12 of like length extending downward from each corner, each leg having a downwardly directed sloped sharp point 14 on the bottom end. A fifth leg 16 longer but otherwise like legs 12 extends downward from the center of plate 10.

A second like plate 18 is vertically disposed above and horizontally offset from plate 10. A mail box 20 can be detachably secured to the top surface of plate l8.

A hollow frame interconnects the two plates. In particular four elongated inclined parallel bars 22 each ex tend between corresponding corners of the two plates and are connected thereto. Each two adjacent bars are interconnected by a lattice, formed by horizontal supports 24 and a diagonal support 26 extending between and interconnecting each two adjacent horizontal supports.

The structure can be painted red, white and blue and has a neat and patriotic look. It stands out if erected beside outdated posts. The legs can be easily forced into ground 30 to enable the post to be erected without use of a vertical bore or hole required by conventional posts.

While I have described my invention with particular reference to the drawings, such is not to be considered as limiting its actual scope.

Having thus described this invention, what is asserted as new is:

l. A post for a rural type mail box comprising:

a pair of horizontal plates, an upper one being vertically disposed above and horizontally offset from the other lower plate;

a plurality of spaced legs extending vertically downward from said lower plate, the upper ends of the legs being secured to said lower plate, the lower ends of the legs having sloped downwardly directed sharp points;

a hollow frame extending between and connected to both plates;

said plates being both of the same square shape and size, said legs extending downward from corresponding corners of said lower plate and being of like length;

an additional longer but otherwise like leg extending downward from the center of said lower plate;

said frame including four spaced parallel inclined bars interconnecting corresponding corners of both plates; and 1 horizontal spacer members interconnecting adjacent bars with diagonal ones therebetween to form lattices.. 

1. A post for a rural type mail box comprising: A PAIR OF HORIZONTAL PLATES, AN UPPER ONE BEING VERTICALLY DISPOSED ABOVE AND HORIZONTALLY OFFSET FROM THE OTHER LOWER PLATE; A PLURALITY OF SPACED LEGS EXTENDING VERTICALLY DOWNWARD FROM SAID LOWER PLATE, THE UPPER ENDS OF THE LEGS BEING SECURED TO SAID LOWER PLATE, THE LOWER ENDS OF THE LEGS HAVING SLOPED DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED SHARP POINTS; A HOLLOW FRAME EXTENDING BETWEEN AND CONNECTED TO BOTH PLATES; SAID PLATES BEING BOTH OF THE SAME SQUARE SHAPE AND SIZE, SAID LEGS EXTENDING DOWNWARD FROM CORRESPONDING CORNERS OF SAID LOWER PLATE AND BEING OF LIKE LENGTH; AN ADDITIONAL LONGER BUT OTHERWISE LIKE LEG EXTENDING DOWNWARD FROM THE CENTER OF SAID LOWER PLATE; SAID FRAME INCLUDING FOUR SPACED PARALLEL INCLINED BARS INTERCONNECTING CORRESPONDING CORNERS OF BOTH PLATES; AND HORIZONTAL SPACER MEMBERS INTERCONNECTING ADJACENT BARS WITH DIAGONAL ONES THEREBETWEEN TO FORM LATTICES.. 